Shot Glass Top with Nested Stem Design for Stable Beverage Pairing

Solution Overview

Problem

In the restaurant industry and beverage handling, carrying multiple beverages is challenging and prone to spillage due to the difficulty in managing multiple beer bottles and shot glasses with liquid contents using only two hands.

Innovation Solution

A shot glass top with a conical design featuring an open top, sidewall, bottom, rim, and stem that can be quickly and easily secured and removed from a beverage container or serving stand, providing stability and support through a rim that fits over the container mouth and a stem that inserts into the container neck.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple separate beverage containers are carried, then beverage variety is improved, but handling difficulty and spillage risk increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebeverage varietyVSAvoidhandling difficulty

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The shot glass top merges with the beverage container to form a single integrated unit. The shot glass top includes a rim that sits on the container mouth and a stem that inserts into the container neck, combining two separate containers (shot glass and beverage container) into one stable assembly that can be carried and handled as a single unit, thereby reducing handling difficulty while maintaining beverage variety

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple separate beverage containers are carried, then beverage variety is improved, but spillage risk increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebeverage varietyVSAvoidspillage risk

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The shot glass top merges with the beverage container to form a single integrated unit. The shot glass top includes a rim that sits on the container mouth and a stem that inserts into the container neck, combining two separate containers (shot glass and beverage container) into one stable assembly that can be carried and handled as a single unit, thereby reducing handling difficulty while maintaining beverage variety

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The shot glass top is nested onto the beverage container, with the stem inserting into the container neck and the rim resting on the container mouth. This nesting configuration creates a stable, integrated assembly where the shot glass is securely positioned on the beverage container, reducing the risk of spillage during handling and transportation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

3Adaptability or versatility

If shot glass is placed on beverage container, then beverage pairing is improved, but stability may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebeverage pairingVSAvoidstability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The shot glass top is nested onto the beverage container, with the stem inserting into the container neck and the rim resting on the container mouth. This nesting configuration creates a stable, integrated assembly where the shot glass is securely positioned on the beverage container, reducing the risk of spillage during handling and transportation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentUS20220204220A1Shot Glass Top

Publication Date: 2022.06.30 JONES ANGEL

AI summary

The present invention is directed to a shot glass top configured to be quickly and easily secured and removed from another beverage container. The shot glass top includes an open top, a sidewall, a bottom, a rim, and a stem. The sidewall extends from the open top to the bottom, and the stem extends downward from the bottom of the shot glass top. The rim extends around the circumference of the bottom of the shot glass top and is of greater circumference than the bottom of the shot glass top. This general configuration of the shot glass top allows the shot glass top to be quickly and easily secured and removed from a beverage container or a serving stand.